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delivery

[dih-liv-uh-ree]

noun

plural

deliveries 
  1. the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients.

  2. a giving up or handing over; surrender.

  3. the utterance or enunciation of words.

  4. vocal and bodily behavior during the presentation of a speech.

    a speaker's fine delivery.

  5. the act or manner of giving or sending forth.

    the pitcher's fine delivery of the ball.

  6. the state of being delivered of or giving birth to a child; parturition.

  7. something delivered.

    The delivery is late today.

  8. Commerce.a shipment of goods from the seller to the buyer.

  9. Law.a formal act performed to make a transfer of property legally effective.

    a delivery of deed.

  10. Also called delivery end.Printing.the part of a printing press where the paper emerges in printed form.

  11. Archaic.release or rescue; liberation; deliverance.



delivery

/ ɪˈɪəɪ /

noun

    1. the act of delivering or distributing goods, mail, etc

    2. something that is delivered

    3. ( as modifier )

      a delivery service

  1. the act of giving birth to a child

    she had an easy delivery

  2. manner or style of utterance, esp in public speaking or recitation

    the chairman had a clear delivery

  3. the act of giving or transferring or the state of being given or transferred

  4. the act of rescuing or state of being rescued; liberation

  5. sport

    1. the act or manner of bowling or throwing a ball

    2. the ball so delivered

      a fast delivery

  6. an actual or symbolic handing over of property, a deed, etc

  7. the discharge rate of a compressor or pump

  8. (in South Africa) the supply of basic services to communities deprived under apartheid

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • misdelivery noun
  • nondelivery noun
  • postdelivery adjective
  • predelivery noun
  • redelivery noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of delivery1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English delyvere, delyvery, from Anglo-French é, noun use of feminine past participle of delivrer “to deliver,” with suffix assimilated to -ery; deliver
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Next ball Bedingham played and missed at a peach of a delivery from Starc which nipped away and narrowly avoided the edge of his bat.

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This has only added to the confusion that has increasingly surrounded the delivery of aid in Gaza, with each day seeing incidents in which people are shot at by Israeli troops or local gunmen.

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I love to order delivery from Burger Lounge that my son will then go and pick up because he likes saving money on delivery.

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Israel stopped all deliveries of humanitarian aid and commercial supplies to Gaza on 2 March and resumed its military offensive two weeks later, collapsing a two-month ceasefire with Hamas.

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He retired after a career piloting big rigs and started making deliveries and training White Pony drivers about three years ago.

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